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A member of the team that develops the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor reports says there are hundreds of contributors involved in the process. (Rod Bain and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center)

Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center discusses the networking involved to help the authors of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor obtain necessary data to craft this product.

The annual cash rents survey indicates gains in several categories but smaller in comparison to increases in farmland real estate values. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Chief Economist Seth Meyer explains differences in cash rents for farmland versus farmland values, using last year's findings of a USDA survey as an example.